Many Chinese saw the narrow failure of their bid to host the games in 2000 as the result of malicious western attempts to keep their country in check.

许多中国人认为2000年那次申奥功亏一篑是由于心怀不轨的西方人企图让它们自己的国家榜上有名。

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Undismayed by the failure of the small screen effort ryan decided to stay on and make a bid for movie stardom.

但电视方面尝试的失败并没使瑞恩灰心，她决心继续下去，为成为电影明星而努力。

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Failure to do so will also result in confiscation of our Bid Bond.

不这样做也将导致我们的投标保证金没收。

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The BBC's sports editor David Bond said the state of the game was brought into sharp focus last year by England's poor showing at the World Cup, followed by the failure of the 2018 World Cup bid and growing concerns over financial inequality and instability.

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The failure of England's World Cup bid is a "huge disappointment" for Birmingham's business community, the chamber of commerce said.

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Deutsche Telekom's abortive bid for Telecom Italia, and especially the failure of the German firm's boss, Ron Sommer, to give his partners any warning of his plans, soured the atmosphere.

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